Tom Ewing | The changing face of lo-fi indie, from Wavves to Sleigh Bells

DIY is now a way to allow a more intimate relationship with a increasingly fickle audience in the context of a shrinking record industryThe drum pattern that opens the Ronettes' Be My Baby was once the most thrilling sound in pop. Now, used in tens, maybe hundreds, of other songs, it's one of the cosiest – a tip-off that however fuzzed-out or glammed-up the surrounding music is you're in the safe hands of a pop traditionalist. Its appearance on an indie record – from the Jesus and Mary Chai...

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